FG and Labour can’t blame FF for budget

COME back Fianna Fáil, all is forgiven.

Over the last 10 days the mask has completely slipped. Those who were elected to guide us out of the morass into which the country has sunk have been shown for what they are. And that unedifying sight bears a striking resemblance to what went before them.

Since soon after assuming office in March 2011, the Coalition partners have been accused of merely taking up where their predecessors in government left off. Some such criticism may have been unfair, but the formation and substance of the recent budget deals a fatal blow to any such defence.